The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-14
Farmers Association

Farmers Association.
The association met in the coun-
ty court room with some % mem
bers present The topic, corn and
its culture" elected lively inter
est by all present. The discussion
was opened by paper by Mai. w.
J. Brownlow that will be published |
in THE CITIZEN.
w. S. Rhea turned stalk land |
while vegetation was yet green in
fall with three-horse plows. Just
before planting re turned with same
pillow an inch deeper; found all veg
citation rotten. He then planted
with check rowes, one hand plant
ing Is acres per day. He then cul-
tivated with sulky plow three times,
the last time sowing three pecks OF
peas to the acre. Made 10 barrels.
Alonzo Wilkerson turned in fall
very deep and did not rebreak or
harrow; cultivated shallow; said
much corn was ruined by being too
thick; had his three feet in drill;
laid by with turning plow.
DIR. t. B. Harwell thought moth
ing paid better than thorough pre-
paratlon of soil for crop. Turned
very deep with three horses in fall;
cultivated shallow except one plow-
ing with bul-tongue; pillow every
ten days; planted with drill.
M. Harwell rooted his ground up
twice with very long steel pointed
bull-tongues; gives four plowings
with these same long plows and
made good corn on what was called
poor land.
W. @. Carter turned in the fall
and in the spring, following with
subsoil plow, loosening the soil ten
inches, plants with drill; harrows
twice after corn has four blades;
cultivates shallow with double
shovel; laid by when three or four
feet high; should never make less
than ten barrels.and thought twenty
entirely possible.
r. j. Anderson never bought any
corn in his life; made ten barrels to
the acre; had three acres of wet
bottom land that he laid into lands
of eight rows each which were turn
ed with three horse plows, opening
up the finishing furrow by running
number of times in it; eight rows
of corn was then planted on these
immense beds and for twelve years
he had never failed to make ten
barrels of corn when all other meth
DDS were comparative failure.
d. A. Mcknight did not buy
corn, turned six inches in the fall,
following with subsoil plow four
inches; narrowed and planted Goth
of May; cultivated shallow four
times; made big yields.
T. M. Alternately made more
money off corn than cotton. Turn
ed in September; planted without
any other preparation; cultivated
four times with double shovel:
planted new ground in March.
w. S. Rhea, W. c. Carter and
DR.. T. B. Harwell were appointed 8
committee to investigate and report
at next meeting what should be
a paying crop al the present price
, A box Of field and garden seed
was received from Hon. B. NJ. Hord
: for distribution among farmers
W. G. Garter, M. Harwell and John
AymeJt were appointed to distrih-
ute them. A vote of thanks was
rendered Col. Hord.
Col. Alternately offered a resolu-
ton endorsing the action of oul
members in the legislature which
was adopted.
Hon. T. B. Harwell, W. S. Rhea
and w. G. Carter were appointed
to select place and arrange for the
annual meeting in July.
The topic for next meeting is
, "Small fruit" with Capt. J. E.
; Alternately to open A strawberry
show is to be held in conjunction
with this meeting, and W. s.
Rhea is to read a paper on how to
save clover hay and seed.
A communication from Hon. B
NJ. Hord, commissioner Of agricul-
ture, says he is to be here, as are
also Capt. J. W. Morton and Hor-
ace Rainey, the latter to address
the association on small fruit cul.
ture.
! Each member gave his observa-
ton Of the fruit crop. A. NJ. Ezell
reported no peaches, apples good,
cherries and plums a half crop. DR..
Davenport finds plenty of peaches
in his yard but no pears; DR.. Har-
well, no peaches, cherries or pears,
but apples good; Frank Black,
peaches nearly all killed; Bob
Moore, peaches all killed; Hon. r.
P. Yancy, 20 per cent. of peaches,
plums and pears-apples plenty
DR.. E. Edmundson, peaches and
pears all killed; Capt. j. {. Aber-
nathy, Bartlette pears all right but
others all killed, peaches and early
apples killed, early strawberries
killed.
| Adjourned to second Saturday in
May. J: H. BURRow, Sec'y.
| Pnlacki's futura danends on Shef